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- Indypendent Fundraiser
Brecht Forum
Sunday, January 17 at 5:00pm
The Indypendent On the ground in Haiti: Hell and hope http://bit.ly/d3EPHz
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Smoke and flames rose from the sidewalk. A white man took pictures. Slowing down, my breath left me. The fire was a corpse. Leg bones sticking out of the flames.
The Indypendent Interview: Haitian community activist Jean Montrevil released from detention http://bit.ly/bQx6VY
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Jean Montrevil was detained for three weeks, and threatened with deportation, before his release Jan. 24. PHOTO CREDIT: CHICAGO INDYMEDIA
The Indypendent Immigrant college students walking from Florida to Washington, D.C. push Obama to pass the DREAM Act, which would grant legal" status to students http://bit.ly/aV8dqe
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OUT IN FRONT: Four immigrant college students are trekking 1,500 miles in a fivemonth campaign from Miami to Washington, D.C., to rally in support of “education, not deportation” for undocumented youth and their families. PHOTO: EVA GRAY
The Indypendent Wall Street has already figured out how to take advantage of Obama’s half-baked proposals for bank reform http://bit.ly/5AhnpQ
The Indypendent Obama's “Change” isn't enough in Massachusetts: Unraveling Scott Brown's Victory http://bit.ly/7sskcl
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Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts is the latest object of media frenzy. There is no shortage of Democratic allies claiming the uniqueness of the election. There is no shortage of Republican fellow travelers sure that all things Obama are being repudiated. ...
The Indypendent Indypendent contributor Nick Powers reports from Haiti: Need and survival in Port-au-Prince http://bit.ly/6OveHC #Haiti
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Glass crunches underfoot. We walk into downtown Port au Prince, a jagged valley of collapsed stone. A chunk of wall was split loose from the building by the latest earthquake and fell in the street like a giant boulder. People scamper around it. Electric cables sway around us like a web.
The Indypendent Indy contributor Nick Powers reports from Haiti: Burying the dead in the wake of disaster http://bit.ly/4pdZkr
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Old men with creased faces watch us enter the cemetery. A solemn air blows through the arch as the four of us walk in, cameras aimed, pen angled and stop at a woman’s body being nibbled by flies. Over the face, someone lifted her shirt as a makeshift veil.
The Indypendent Indy contributor Nick Powers reports from Haiti: After earthquake, fear is the real aftershock http://bit.ly/5kEYau
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I’m sitting in the Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport. Around me are red-eyed, sweaty reporters hunched over laptops, trying to squeeze the chaos of a ruined city into words. Outside are hungry young men, circling anyone who walks in or out, offering to drive and translate. ...
The Indypendent Both New Orleans & Haiti understand how oppression based on race, class and gender interacts with disaster http://bit.ly/52wYrM
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Port-au-Prince residents wait in line for water distributed by the local fire department in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck the Haitian capital. PHOTO CREDIT: UN/Marco Dormino.
The Indypendent Army files charges against single mother for trying to take care of her one-year-old son http://bit.ly/5vMvjv
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The Army has filed charges for a special court-martial against Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother of a one-year-old baby. Hutchinson missed her deployment to Afghanistan late last year when her child-care plans for her son, Kamani, fell through at the last minute.
The Indypendent
TOMORROW: Gaza Report Back, discusion & fundraiser this Sunday at 5 p.m. at Brecht Forum. Come on out and support a great cause! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=24
Gaza Report Back: Discussion & Fundraiser
Location:Brecht Forum
Time:5:00PM Sunday, January 17th
The Indypendent Supporters of detained Haitians call for Obama to halt deportations http://bit.ly/4Ncxik
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For two weeks Jean Montrevil faced deportation. But after Monday’s earthquake, President Obama suspended the deportation of Haitians like him.
The Indypendent Facing closure by DOE, South Bronx community rallies in support of Alfred E. Smith High School http://bit.ly/7bDpR2
The Indypendent » South Bronx Rallies in Support of Smith High: Community Reminds DOE That This Scho
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Junior Abraham Sepulveda, 16, of Morris Park hopes the DOE reconsiders its plan to phase out Alfred E. Smith High School. Photo by Daniel Beekman/YourNabe.com
The Indypendent TONIGHT: Raj Patel, Naomi Klein & Amy Goodman discuss political change in the current economic climate at the New York Society for Ethical Culture @ 7 p.m. http://bit.ly/8YVvu8
The Indypendent » TONIGHT: Raj Patel, Naomi Klein and Amy Goodman Discuss Political Change in the Cu
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Check out this video featuring Raj Patel discussing the economy, food and his book, The Value of Nothing. Also, join us for a discussion with Raj Patel, Amy Goodman and Naomi Klein about how we can work for change in the current political and economic climate this Wed., Jan. ...
The Indypendent
Join The Indypendent for our Gaza Report Back, discusion & fundraiser this Sunday at 5 p.m. at Brecht Forum. See you there! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=24
Gaza Report Back: Discussion & Fundraiser
Location:Brecht Forum
Time:5:00PM Sunday, January 17th
